Prayers in the Mosque of Makkah and al Madinah

كِتَابُ الصّلاَةِ فِي مسْجِدِ مَكّةَ وَالمَدِينَ

CHAPTER 1. The superiority of offering As-Salât (the prayer) in the mosque of Makkah (AlMasjid AlHarâm), and Al Madina (i.e. the mosque of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم 620. عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ, عَنِ النّبِيّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: (لاَ تُشَدّ الرّحالُ إِلاّ إِلَى ثَلاَثَةِ مَسَاجِدَ: المَسْجِدِ الحَرَامِ, وَمَسْجِدِ الرّسُولِ صلى الله عليه وسلم, وَمَسْجِدِ الأَقْصى). رواه البخاري: 1189 620. Narrated Abu Huraira رضى الله عنه : The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, Do not set out on a journey except for three mosques i.e. A lMasjid Al Harâm (at Makkah), Masjid ArRasul صلى الله عليه وسلم (the mosque of Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم at AlMadina) and Masjid Al Aqsâ, (Al Aqsa, mosque of Jerusalem). (2:281O.B.)